Game apparatus.



No. 810,224. PATBNTED JAN. 16, 1906.

I. L. SAGKBTI.

GAME APPARATUS.

APPLICATION FILED APB..a.1-9o1.

1. 'IIIAVIlIIlMI/IIIIIIIIIIIG UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

FRANK L. SACKETT, OF FREDONIA, NEW YORK.

GAME APPARATUS.

Specifhafon of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. 16,1ece.

Application filed April 8, 1901. Serial No. 54.896.

game apparatus comprising a game-piece in.

the movements of which games may be played, and especially one based upon the principles and rules governing the game of golf.

The invention consists in the novel construction hereinafter fully described and claimed. Y

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this spec-ification, whereinl Figure 1 is a sectional view of the gameboard on the line :1: :a of Fig. 2. Fi 2 is a top plan thereof, the dotted lines an arrows showing one order of movement of the gamepiece. Fig. 3 shows in top and. side elevation my game-piece.` Fig. 4 shows an enlarged section of the friction-surface of the gameboard, the playing-piece thereon, and in dotted lines the manner in which the same is projected into the air by the cue, which is shown in section. Fig. 5 shows an enlarged section of the smooth or polished surface of the game-board and the manner of gliding the game-piece over the same into the goal or hole. Fig. 6 is an enlarged sectional-detail of one of the brackets, taken on the line 2 e of Fig. 2. Fig. 7 is a detail view showing a modification inthe means for securing the side pieces. Fig. 8 is a broken plan view of my preferred form of cue, and Fig. 9 shows a modified form of game-piece.

A indicates the game-board,which, as illustrated, is octagonal in contour; but it is understood that the same may be circular or of any other confi uration. The board A is mounted to revo ve on a base-piece E in any suitable manner. The means illustrated in Fig. i consists oi' a dish-shaped member G,

'having a'flanged edge, said member being inverted and secured centrally of the board A. The base-piece E is provided with a series of metallic clips F, which are bent upward over the flange 011 the member G and retain the board upon the base-piece E, but allow it to turn freely thereon.

In the preferred construction of my gameboard the playing-surface extends over the entire upper face of the board and is surrounded by vertical side portions K, projecting slightly above said pla ing-surface. In order that the laying-su ace may be utilized'to better a vantage, I have constructed the side portions in sections which are so secured to the board as to be independently depressible. By this construction the section nearest the player may be depressed, thereby giving free access to the playing-surface and still leavin pro'ectin edges upon the remaining si es o the oard to prevent thea game-piece from rolling off the playing-surace.

In Figs. l. and 2 I have shown my board as provided with brackets L, secured rigidly at the corners and having a box or housing L" extending above the playing surface the desired height of the side portions. Each bracket receives the ends of the adjacent side portions, which are held normally elevated y springs S, arranged one at each end of the side portlons and between the lower edge s of said portions and the lowerend s of the housing in the bracket.

In Fig. 7 I have shown a modified means for securing the side'portions.V Said portions are hinged to the board by hinges c and are held in either a raised or depressed position by a spring c, secured at one end to a block k, fastened to the under side of the board and having its free end engaging either the side or the edge of the side portion.

The playing-surface of my improved gameboard comprises in the main a surface B of such a character as to offer resistance to or impede the free gliding of the game-piece over the same and may be constructed of felt, cork, unfinished wood, or the like and may be rough or uneven, and throughout the description and claims will be termed a Lfriction surface. Arranged at suitable positions on said playing-surface are relatively small smooth or polished surfaces C. There may be one or more of these surfaces. Said surfaces are of such a character as to allow the game-piece to glide freely over the same, and preferably centrally of said smooth surface 1s the goal or hole D, which may be a recess to receive the game-piece or may be indicated merely by a circle or lines. This smooth surface may be flush with and lie in substantially the same plane as the frictionsurface or raised above and substantially arallel with the same. Said smooth surace should be horizontal and substantially IOO IIO

parallel to the plane of the playing-surface,

so that the game-piece may rest thereon until moved by the player. I also rovlde another preferably smooth surface I, which is about the width of and a little longer than the game-piece. There may be one or more of these surfaces. I also provide at suitable ositions on the friction-surface rubber pins or other obstructions. The function of these several elements will be more fully explained later.

The game-piece O of my apparatus is preferably symmetrical with respect to a centrall game-piece Will hereinafter appear. Instead of making the surface of the game-piece curved in vertical cross-section, said surface may be defined by straight lines; Other forms may v be used; but it is essential that the gamepiece should have a maximum diameter at a distance from the surface on which the 'same is adapted to rest in order that it may be proj ected from the playing-surface by the impact of the beveled end of the cue, hereinafter described.

The game piece above referred to is claimed in my divisional application, Serial No. 83,733, filed November 26, 1901.

The cue N used in mani ulating the gamepiece has one end taperedp to an edge and is curvedly notched to conform substantially to the surface of the game-piece. By the use of the tapered end o f the cue and the gamepiece, both shaped substantially as described, itis possible to project the game-piece bodily Without revolution in the manner shown in dotted lines in Fi 4, and therefore when said game-piece' alights on the playing-surface it Will not roll. As shown in Fig. 5, the` game-piece is glided over the smooth or polished surface and into the goal or-v hole by means of a cue having a square end, which may be the other end of the cue having a tapered end or may be a separate'cue. If the game-piece be shaped With a maximum 'diameter at one side and gradually tapering to a minimum diameter at the other side, as shown in Fig. 9, the same may be projected in the manner above described; but the game-A piece must rest on the small side.

I do not herein claim specifically the garnepiece and cue above described, as they form the subject-matter of a divisional application,

Serial No. 83,733, filed November 26, 1901.

The game of parlor golf, for which the above apparatus is especially adapted, is played by following very closely the rules of golf. The smooth surface H represents the teeing-grourd, the goal or hole l) the hole, the smooth or polished surface C surrounding the hole the putting -green, and the obstructions the hazards. The game is played bv sides, each playing its own gamepiece. The game piece is placed on the teeing-ground or surfacevll and by means of the tapered end of the cue is projected over the friction-surface until it alights on the putting-green or surface C, when the cue havlng a square end is used, and the game-piece glided into the goal or hole.

While my apparatus is especially adapted for the ame above referred to, it 1s obvious that diligerent and varied rules may be made to govern the playing of thegame, andtherefore I do not confine or limlt myself to any particular manneror method of playing.

` It is obvious that changes in the details of Patent, is-

1. A game-board having a playing-field, comprismg a friction-surface and a relatively smaller smooth horizontal playing-surface i,

substantially flush With the friction-surface and constituting an integral portion of said game-board and having a goal therein.

2. A game-board having a playing-field, comprismg a friction-surface and a relatively smaller smooth surface upon which the gamepiece is adapted to rest and be glided, said smooth surface being substantially flush with .said friction-surface and having a goal there- 1n. l

3. Agame-board having a playing-field comprismg a friction-surface and a relatively smaller .smooth surface, said latter surface having a single goal substantiall in the center thereof and presenting a atl substantiallyhorizontal unobstructed surface from said'- oal to the friction-surface, said flat surface'V eing .of considerably greater area `than the goal wherebyV the game-piece may rest and be glided thereon.

4. A game-board having a playing-field. comprismg a friction-surface B, a smooth surface H, and a smooth horizontal playingsurface C `substantially flush with said friction-surface and having a sin le goal located substantially centrally thereof.

5. A game-board aving a playing-field comprising a friction surface B, va smooth surface H and `a smooth'horizontal playingsurface C substantially flush with said friction-surface and having a single goal located substantially centrally thereof and proj ections located on said friction-surface.

6. A game-board having a playing-field, comprismg a friction-surface and a relatively smaller smooth horizontal surface substantially flush With the friction-surface and constituting an integral portion of said game- .lOO

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@1eme 3 board and having a, goal therein, end side portions comprising a series of independent portions projecting above seid playing-field, depressible sections and means for holding said side portions comprising a series of inde* sa1d sections normally in an elevated posipendent depressible sections. tion.

5 7. A game-hoard having a playing eld, In testimony whereof I elix my signature r 5 com rislng a friction-surface and e relatively in presence of two Witnesses.

Sme ler smooth horizontal surface substen- FRANK L.- SACKETT. tieliy Hush with the friction-surface and eon- Witnesses: stituting an integral portion of seid geme- E. M. COREY,

io board end having a goal therein, and side A. W.. HOPKINS. 

